Kentucky House Bill 556

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-15 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover injectable epinephrine devices for persons 18 years of age or younger; provide that the coverage shall not be subject to cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485,164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the 18-and-under injectable epinephrine device coverage requirement; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.

AN ACT relating to coverage for injectable epinephrine devices.

Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-15	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-15	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb556.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb556/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb556/LM.pdf